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Topic: Confused about this censor size info (Read 3353 times)

Well am new to the world of photography and am learning bit by bit. I was going through some pictures at Devianart and on one pic i saw this cam info "Sensor size = 5 mm". I have attached a image. What size is the uploader talking about? Can anybody help me out on this?

devianArt appears to calculate the sensor size by seeing how large your original picture is. This is obviously a flawed mechanism if you don't upload full sized images. (And who does that anyways?) The idea is that if you cropped your image obviously the used sensor size is smaller, but again, it only works if you upload the 100% crop.

devianArt appears to calculate the sensor size by seeing how large your original picture is. This is obviously a flawed mechanism if you don't upload full sized images. (And who does that anyways?) The idea is that if you cropped your image obviously the used sensor size is smaller, but again, it only works if you upload the 100% crop.